Burnish ing-machine



(No Model.)

W. G. ANTHONY.

BURNISHING MACHINE.

No. 335,671. Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

NITED STATES 4 PATENT GFFICE.

XVILLIAM G. ANTHONY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BURNlSHlNG-MACHINE.

SPIJGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,671, datedFebruary 9. 1886.

Application filed March 13, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,\VILLIAM G. ANTHONY, of Lynn, in the county of Essexand Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements inBurnishing Machines, of which the following, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to burnishingmachines; and the nature thereof isfully described hereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 isa side View of my inventionattached to a burnishing-machine, and shows only so much of the machineas is necessary to illustrate the combination of my invention therewith.Fig. 2 is the same as Fig. 1, except that in this view the mechanismshown is represented in different position, to be more fully describedhereinafter.

The machine to which my invention is to be applied is known in the tradeas the Taply Heel-l-lurnisher, and the construction thereof is fullyknown to persons skilled in the art to which it pertains.

In Letters Patent of the United States N 0. 266,838 is described amechanism for imparting action to the jack at right angles to themovement of the burnisher automatically, and it is in combination with aburnishing-machine having such automatic jack-moving mechanism thatmyinvention is specially useful; but while my invention is especiallyapplicable to machines of the class described, it may be attached toother styles of machines with useful results.

Referring to the drawings, it will be understood that the burnishertoolA is made to vibrate round the heel of the shoe, while the shoe-holdingjack is moved in line at right angles to the movement of the burnisherto bring the whole length of the heel under the burnisher. Saidburnisher A is mounted in a spring, 13, and connected with mechanism(not shown) whereby the movement is imparted to the tool. The jack isalso connected with a lever or latch, (1, which lever is operated bymechanism (not shown) referred to above to impart the automatic movementto the jack, as described, and thus bring the whole length of the heelto the action of the tool A.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. 1

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that in this view the tool A is represented as working on the heel-seat.while in Fig. 2 it is working down near the bottom or tread portion ofthe heel. It is necessary that the tool A in passing between these twoextremes should follow the curvature of the heel, and to this end thetool is mounted in a spring lever or support, 13, as shown. To producethe polish nicely and quickly, it is necessary to have the tool bearwith considerable force on the heel, and therefore the spring-lever Bmust be adjusted to fit the lowest lines of the heel,

so as to insure good work at this point. As, however, the jacks are notvertically movable to and from the tool in the machines referred to, thepressure necessary to produce good results at the lowest lines of theheel will be found too great for the high lines, or that portion of theheel near the seat, and consequently disastrous results are liable toattend the work at this point by reason of the pressure being so greatas to jam or crowd the material out of shape. To avoid this difficulty,I have provided means to impart an automatic reciproeating movement tothe jack vertically, (the jack-post being supported in the bracket-armf, which is adapted to permit the vertical movement referred to;) and tothis end I at tach the toggle-arms a e, (the same being jointed asshown,) one end to the jack and the opposite end to the bracket arm f.Said togglearms are further connected by a latch, It, to the stationarybracket or link n, as fully illustrated in the drawings. It will now beunderstood that the movements of the jack imparted by the latch-lever Oto pass the heel under the tool, as before described, will operate toopen and close the togglearms a e, for, supporting the jack to be swungfrom the position shown in Fig. 1 to the left to pass the heel under thetool by means of the latch lever O, as before stated, the catch h willthen be brought into action and draw upon the toggle-arms, therebstraightening them and raising the jack by a gradual movement to'presentevery part of the heel to the tool, so as to receive a uniform pressuretherefrom. WVhen the jack-post is moved in the reverse direction, thecatch it will act to close the toggle arms, and thus lower'thejack asthe seat or high portion of the heel moves under the tool to be actedupon. At one extreme the toggles are opened, as in Fig. 2, thus ICOelevating the jack to bring the desired pressi I claim as my inventionand desire by Leture of the tool while working on the small part of theheel. At the other extreme the toggles a e are closed, as in Fig. 1,thus depressing the jack and relieving the pressure of the tool while itis working on the heel-seat. The passage between these two extremepositions of the jack is attended by gradual opening and closing of thetoggles, thus causing the jack to conform approximately in its verticalmovements to the curvature of the heel.

It will be understood that thejack must be thrown backward to put on andtake off the shoe; and to this end the latch 0 must be lifted tersPatent to secure 1. In a heel-burnishing machine, in combination, avibrating shaft carrying a burnishing-tool, a shoe-carrying jack mountedupon a loosely 'ournaled post, said jack having movement in the plane atright angles to the plane of movement of theburnisher, and mechanismconsisting of toggle levers adapted to impart positively-reciprocatingvertical movement to the jack, substantially as described.

2. In aburnishing-machine, the combination of a burnisher tool, the shoecarrying jack carried upon a loosely-journaled post, the toggle-arms ae, and latch h, arranged to operate substantially as and for thepurposes stated.

WILLIAM G. ANTHONY.

Witnesses:

C. B. TUTTLE, JAMES W. CARVER.

